Rough Town Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][C][D][G][Am][C][D][G]
[Am][C][D][G][Am][C][D][G]
[Am][G][D]
[G][Am]

[Verse 1]
Hot [Am]night in the city [G]streets
[D]Old papers blowin' 'round my fee[G]t
[Am]Some dude's got
heis eyes on [G]you[D]
Better walk quickly down the
[G]avenue[Am]
Somewhere somebody's baby [G]cries
[D]A new heart beats as
another one [E]dies

[Verse 2]
It ain't [F#m]easy but you live and learn
[F]If you don't get what you want
You might [G]get what you deserve

[Verse 3]
It's a [Am]rough town
[C]You giv[D]e it all just to live in [G]fear[Am]
No [C]refuge no [D]place to run
[G]Talkin' 'bout a [Am]rough town
[C]Gotta fin[D]d a way to get
outta [G]here[Am]
Ain't no [C]way around it
It's [D]a rough town

[Interlude 1]
[G][Am][G][D]
[G]
[Am]Cold dawn

[Verse 4]
comes with
the break [G]of day[D]
Morning sky turns gun
metal [G]grey[Am]
From an upstairs window there's
a woman [G]scream[D]
A nightmare vision from
some [G]junkes dream
[Am]An angry fist beatin'
on an old steel [G]door[D]
Tell me why you here
Who are you lookin' [E]for ?

[Verse 5]
It ain't [F#m]easy but it ain't for long
[F]This place is crazy
Tell me, hey,
[G]where did things go wrong ?

[Verse 6]
It's a [Am]rough [C]town
[D]Middle of the night and the
street's [G]alive[Am]
It's a [C]gamble it's a [D]chance you take
[G]Talkin' 'bout a [Am]rough [C]town
Gonna [D]turn your world [G]inside [Am]out
Call it what you [C]want but
It's a [D]rough [G]town

[Interlude 2]
[Am][C][D][Am][G][Am]
[C][D][G][Am][C][D][G]
[Am][C][D][F]

[Verse 7]
2 a.m. I can't [F]get to sleep
[G]I bin lyin' here on these sweat-
stained [F]sheets
Beneath my window the city [G]crawls
It's a rat race out[Em]side these [E]walls,
oh [Am]Yeah[C][D][G][Am][C][D]
[G]!

[Verse 8]
It's a [Am]rough [C]town
You [D]give it all just to live [G]in fear[Am]
No [C]refuge no [D]place to [G]run[Am][C]
Gotta [D]find a way to get
outta [G]here[Am]
Ain't no way around it
[C]It's a rou[D]gh town
[G]It's

[Verse 9]
[Am]a rough [C]town
[D]Middle of the night and the
street's [G]alive[Am]
It's a [C]gamble it's [D]a chance you take
Talkin' 'bout a [Am]rough [C]town
Gonna [D]turn your world inside [G]out[Am]
Call it what you [C]want but
It's a [D]rough [G]tow[Am]n.[C]

[Outro 1]
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[D][Am]